The Fight in the Fields (1997)
120 min
This documentary traces the history of the United Farmworkers Union and the life of its founder, Cesar Chavez, from his birth in Arizona, his education into organizing and non-violence, his formation of the union, to his death in 1993. It includes newsreel footage of the Delano grape boycott, Senate hearings conducted by Robert F. Kennedy, Chavez's fasts, encounters with growers and rival Teamsters. Recent interviews with Chavez family members, Ethyl Kennedy, Roger Cardinal Mahony, Governor Jerry Brown, and current and past UFW leaders round out the history and assessment of Chavez and the Union.
- Release date
- April 16, 1997
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Daryl Arnold as Self
- Jerry Brown as Self
- LeRoy Chatfield as Self
- Cesar Chavez as Self
- Helen Chavez as Self
- Paul Chavez as Self
- Richard Chavez as Self
- Linda Chávez Rodríguez as Self
- Rita Medina Chávez as Self
- Jerry Cohen as Self
Crew
- Rick Tejada-Flores · Director
- Ray Telles · Director
- Rick Tejada-Flores · Writer
- Ray Telles · Writer
- Rick Tejada-Flores · Producer
- Ray Telles · Producer
- Pete Sears · Composer
- Herb Ferrette · Editor